Abstract: The portable sink is capable of being connected to an existing water supply, such as an outdoor hose or faucet, such that running water can be provided inside the sink in an outdoor environment. The sink preferably has features that make it easy to use in any outdoor environment, such as folding legs, an adjustable spigot, a spray nozzle, a storage drawer, a shelf, a large drain, a funnel, a strainer for the drain, cutting boards, baskets, etc. The lid also enables the sink to be used as a container for storing items during travel. In this respect, the sink can be made of an insulating material so that it can double as an ice chest when desired. A pressurized water tank can be provided which is preferably sized to fit inside the sink and adapted to supply water where no other water supply is available.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for supporting a workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer. A support system is configured to support the workpiece while allowing thermally-induced motion of the workpiece, which may include thermal bowing or thermal bending. The system may include a support member having a moveable engagement portion engageable with the workpiece, the engagement portion being moveable to allow the thermally-induced motion of the workpiece while supporting the workpiece. The moveable engagement portion may include a plurality of moveable engagement portions of a plurality of respective support members, which may be resiliently engageable with the workpiece. The support members may include flexible support members each having an unconstrained portion and a constrained portion, and the moveable engagement portions may include the unconstrained portions.

Abstract: A computer readable medium containing a computer program for representing an electronic circuit, which has been segmented into plurality blocks, as a routing-resource graph includes a first wiring data structure with first switch information and a first wire identity information to identify a first wire across a first plurality of blocks, a second wiring data structure with the first switch information and a second wire identity information to identify a second wire across a second plurality of blocks, and a first switch data structure having wire information and associated with the first and second wiring data structures for identifying a third wire connected to the first wire with a switch as a function of the first wire identity information and wire information from the first switch data structure.

Abstract: Methods and Apparatus for detecting the presence of a conductor near an inductive coupling loop are disclosed. The method includes supplying an excitation to the coupling loop, measuring the signal distortion induced by the excitation signal, and monitoring the distortion in the signal for a change in harmonic content.

Abstract: A computer readable medium containing a computer program for representing an electronic circuit, which has been segmented into plurality blocks, as a routing-resource graph includes a first wiring data structure with first switch information and a first wire identity information to identify a first wire across a first plurality of blocks, a second wiring data structure with the first switch information and a second wire identity information to identify a second wire across a second plurality of blocks, and a first switch data structure having wire information and associated with the first and second wiring data structures for identifying a third wire connected to the first wire with a switch as a function of the first wire identity information and wire information from the first switch data structure.

Abstract: A method for computation of truth tables is provided in which computing a truth table with N input variables includes the steps of: (a) providing N basis tables; (b) associating each one of the N basis tables with a corresponding one of the N input variables; and (c) performing logic operations on the N basis tables using a processor. Logic operations are performed on each bit of the each of the basis tables simultaneously.

Abstract: A method and system for network communication are provided which uses existing or new Agent Communication Language (ACL) with Structured Query Language (SQL) as the constraint language and extensible Markup Language (XML) for syntax. A communications network includes a server software module adapted to communicate with a machine user; an ACL interpreter adapted to communicate with the server software module; and a file system adapted to communicate with the ACL interpreter. The machine user sends requests to the server software module using an ACL with SQL as a constraint language.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable sink with a lid that is capable of being connected to an existing water supply, such as an outdoor hose or faucet, such that running water can be provided inside the sink in an outdoor environment. The sink preferably has features that make it easy to use in any outdoor environment, such as folding legs, an adjustable spigot, a spray nozzle, a storage drawer, a shelf, a large drain, a funnel, a strainer for the drain, cutting boards, baskets, etc. The lid also enables the sink to be used as a container for storing items during travel. In this respect, the sink can be made of an insulating material so that it can double as an ice chest when desired. A pressurized water tank can be provided which is preferably sized to fit inside the sink and adapted to supply water where no other water supply is available.

Abstract: A method for converting physical features of an integrated circuit design to a uniform micron technology is provided. The integrated circuit design is defined by a plurality of cells with each cell being defined by one or more micron technologies. A user is prompted to provide key design rules that define desired features associated with one or more micron technologies. The method includes examining a layout database for the integrated circuit design with the layout database having a hierarchical structure. A top cell is identified from the layout database of the integrated circuit design. The method then descends through a first branch of the hierarchical structure of the layout database to a lowest cell in the first branch. Afterwards, a determination is made whether or not physical data of the user desired features have been previously processed for the lowest cell.

Abstract: The invention is a portable sink with a lid that is capable of being connected to an existing water supply, such as an outdoor hose or faucet, such that running water can be provided inside the sink in an outdoor environment. The sink preferably has features that make it easy to use in any outdoor environment, such as folding legs, an adjustable spigot, a spray nozzle, a storage drawer, a shelf, a large drain, a funnel, a strainer for the drain, cutting boards, baskets, etc. The lid also enables the sink to be used as a container for storing items during travel. In this respect, the sink can be made of an insulating material so that it can double as an ice chest when desired. A pressurized water tank can be provided which is preferably sized to fit inside the sink and adapted to supply water where no other water supply is available.

Abstract: Useful to inhibit reverse engineering, semiconductor devices and methods therefore include formation of two active regions over a substrate region in the semiconductor device. According to an example embodiment, a dopable link, or region, between two heavily doped regions can be doped to achieve a first polarity type, with the two heavily doped regions of the opposite polarity. If dictated by design requirements, the dopable region is adapted to conductively link the two heavily doped regions. A dielectric is formed over the dopable region and extends over a portion of each of the two heavily doped regions to inhibit silicide formation over edges of the dopable region. In connection with a salicide process, a silicide is then formed adjacent the dielectric and formed over another portion of the two heavily doped regions.

Abstract: Useful to inhibit reverse engineering, semiconductor devices and methods therefor include formation of two active regions over a substrate region in the semiconductor device. According to an example embodiment, a dopable link, or region, between two heavily doped regions can be doped to achieve a first polarity type, with the two heavily doped regions of the opposite polarity. If dictated by design requirements, the dopable region is adapted to conductively link the two heavily doped regions. A dielectric is formed over the dopable region and extends over a portion of each of the two heavily doped regions to inhibit silicide formation over edges of the dopable region. In connection with a salicide process, a silicide is then formed adjacent the dielectric and formed over another portion of the two heavily doped regions.

Abstract: Useful to inhibit reverse engineering, semiconductor devices and methods therefor include formation of two active regions over a substrate region in the semiconductor device. According to an example embodiment, a dopable link, or region, between two heavily doped regions can be doped to achieve a first polarity type, with the two heavily doped regions of the opposite polarity. If dictated by design requirements, the dopable region is adapted to conductively link the two heavily doped regions. A dielectric is formed over the dopable region and extends over a portion of each of the two heavily doped regions to inhibit silicide formation over edges of the dopable region. In connection with a salicide process, a silicide is then formed adjacent the dielectric and formed over another portion of the two heavily doped regions.

Abstract: An electrically-controllable liquid crystal filter device comprises two partially-reflecting substrate structures mounted substantially parallel to each other with a space therebetween to form a Fabry-Perot filter. A layer of ferroelectric liquid crystal material is disposed in the space, the liquid crystal material being switchable, by application of an electric field, between different refractive index values whereby the device is switchable between transmissive and reflective states for light of a particular narrow wavelength band. The spacing of the substrate structures is selected in relation to the wavelength of light to be transmitted, such that the Fabry-Perot filter operates in a low order state, which may be the first order.